March Clairestelle8 Nail Art Challenge - Clothes

Wednesday, March 09, 2016

The third prompt in the #clairestelle8mar challenge is "clothes". At first I wasn't entirely sure where I was going to take this because I had never done a clothing inspired mani. After some browsing on Pinterest I stumbled across this dress I pinned years ago:

I know all of you rainbow lovers appreciate that dress as much as I do.

This isn't necessarily the most technically difficult mani to accomplish, but it took more time than I thought it would. I used a dry brushing technique to layer colors over white in an attempt to capture the gestural movement of colors represented on the dress.

I started layering colors based on the frequency they occur on the dress. It may not look like much, but every brush stroke was placed intentionally. I almost feel like I'm trying to explain why a Jackson Pollock is so complex, and worthwhile.